Grady Sizemore Quotations

Whether or not we were on national TV made no difference. We go out and play hard every game.

Throughout the at-bat I just kept going farther and farther. I wanted to see how much they would let me have before they stopped me. They never did, and I told Skins, 'I can take this.

Throughout the at-bat, I just kept going farther and farther, ... I wanted to see how much they would let me have before they stopped me. They never did, and I told Skins, 'I can take this.'

I don't consider myself a home-run hitter. I don't try to hit home runs. But the more I play, the better I feel. Who knows what might happen? Like I say, I'm not trying to hit home runs - but I like it when I do.

He's a tough pitcher. You want to come out early and hopefully get him a little rattled. Get the lineup going as soon as you can. It seemed to work.

I always feel like that. That's what I love about the game. There's always pressure in baseball.

He just kept the ball down, did a good job, made his pitches. We didn't do a good job making adjustments, so we helped him out a little bit.

I was confused for a second. I didn't know what was going on, ... If they were going to give me a choice, I was going to take the homer over the double.

I think we got the team that can do it. We just got to keep playing the way we are. We're right where we wanted to be, and now it's up to us.

I was just hitting. With two strikes, you just go up there and battle. That's what you do against a guy like Santana -- you battle.

I saw it. It was right at me. It just got in the sun. I knew it was going to be in the sun. I tried to wait for it to come out and I just never saw it.

I'm still going to play the game the same way. I want to be here for a long time.

That's the way we've been all year. This isn't a team that panics.

We were up early, but it was still 4-0. In this game, that's not too much of a lead. I wasn't trying to juice it. I was just trying to put it in play.

We don't do that. We know what we've got to do to get the job done.

We got to (Chen) early and kept going. We got into the groove. We all kind of got off to a slow start last season, so we have really made a point of focusing on scoring this season.

We don't like getting shut out. To score zero is unacceptable. We feel we're a pretty solid-hitting club.

Every game is big, ... Especially here in the last month and against the Twins. It's a team that we battle with all year and it's a big game for both teams.

There's nothing to be said about it, ... We all pick each other up; it's never just one guy.

These are all big games for us and this was a huge win. It would be tough to win all of the games we have left, but if we keep playing the way we're playing now we should be all right.

I've never played in the postseason in the big leagues, so I can't really say what it will be like,

The more I play, the better I feel.

As a player, you don't care about payroll, ... You believe you can compete and it's not about how much money you spend.

That's what you play for. You play all year in a lot of games. This is the spot you play for.

That's what you play for. You play all year, a lot of games. This is the spot you play for. We know what we can do. We know what we have to do every day. We just worry about ourselves.

They're all big games, ... Every game is huge for us. We can't afford to lose any. I know it would be tough to win them all, but we have to keep that approach.

It's a little sore, but we won and that's all that matters.

It's a long deal, but I want to be here for a long time. I'd like to play my whole career here.

It's been a roller coaster. I didn't expect it to happen this fast.

It's great to get out and interact with the fans.

I'm sure Hafner was ragging on me after I stole his RBI.

I had mixed emotions, ... It was such a tough week and a frustrating time. I wanted to come through and I didn't. A lot was going through my head.

I looked around and there it was. I kind of waited maybe a little too long. Probably should have picked it up and thrown it in. But I was a little frustrated, you know.

Cliff was great, and really our whole starting staff has been great. They've done a great job of carrying us all year. It seems like they keep us in every game.

Hopefully we'll get some extra credit and bump that grade up.

I didn't expect it to happen this fast. Last year, I was just trying to make the team.

I didn't expect it to happen this fast. I'm just trying to learn. The more I get out there, the better I play.

I didn't even know it until somebody told me, ... I guess it's kind of cool. But it doesn't change anything about where we are team-wise.

If I didn't dive for it, it was going over my head anyway.

I figured with two strikes that I didn't have a lot to lose, ... With (Travis) Hafner up there I had a lot of room to move, so I took off.

He's making them count. He's done a good job of carrying this offense, being in the middle part of the order. He's been a big guy for us. What he's going through now, he's doing what we all know he can do. It's nice to have a hitter like that hot at this time of year.